The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-18

ciety, Franklin Institute, Academy OF
| Fine Arts and Academy of Natural
Sciences to President Cleveland, and
other distinguished guests of the Centennial
Commission President Cleveland, as has
been his custom during the celebration, was
promptly in the Academy of Music at the
hour appointed for the banquet,
and found waiting for him
collection of gentlemen which numbered
among its ranks the most distinguished OF
the visitors to the city, as well as almost
every prominent man of affairs in Phlla-
| delphia. For about the first time in its his
tory the vast auditorium of the academy had
been turned into vast banqueting hall. A
floor had been laid over the seats in the
parquette, and tables for iabout 600 persons
were spread.
ENTRY OF THE GUESTS.
At $50 o'clock this evening the guests
formed i'll line, and, led by Provost Pepper,
of the University of Pennsylvania, marched
into the hall. The tables had been laid in
rows extending the entire length of the
room, and President Cleveland took his
seat at the place of honor at the table at the
| northern side of the building. he was
| fianked on his right by Provost Pepper,
who acted as toast master, and
and on the left by George W. Childs The
other guests at this table were Secretaries
Bayard and Fairchild, Frederick Fraley,
John A. Kasson, ex-Sov Hugh Gordon,
Hannita Hamlin. Mayor Filter, Isaac Ell
well, Carl Schurz, Charles Francis Adams
Joseph M. Wilmer. At the other tables
were seated among others Lieut.. Gen. Sheri-
dan, Admiral Luce, Justices Of the Supreme
| Court Matthews, Miller and Harlan, the
Justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court,
nearly all the foreign ministers from Wash
ington, the visiting Governors of the States,
and long list Of men prominent in various
walks of life.
MRS. CLEVELAND'S ARRIVAL.
While the gentlemen were still eating
| their way throguh the dinner, Mrs. Cleve-
land, accompanied by Mrs. Lamont, entered
! the upper proscenium box. Their arrival
was the signal for an outburst of applause
from 1.-THE gentlemen below, followed by the
| appearance in the balcony seats of wives,
daughters and sweethearts of gentlemen on
| the floor. Almost as soon as the ladies had
| taken their seats, Provost Pepper arose,
and in brief speech welcomed the guests
OF the evening. A vigorous outburst OF
| applause greeted Mr.. Cleveland, when he
arose to respond to the toast, The President
of the United States" He said:
| On such a day as this, and in the atmosphere
| that now surrounds him. feel that the Presi-
dent of the United States should be thoughtfully
he occupies stands to-day in the pres
ence of its maker, and it is especially
fitting for this servant of the people and crea-
| ture of the constitution, amid the impressive
scenes of this centennial occasion. by rigid self
examination to be assured concerning his 10y
atty and obedience to the law of his existence.
| He will find that the rules prescribed for his
sHs"n'' of require Gs dut S[ mot Ps eteaet
| or attainments which would raise him
far above the feeling and sentiment of the plain
people of the land but rather such knowledge
Of their condition, and sympathy with their
| wants and needs as will bring bin near to them,
| and though he may be almost appalled, by the
weight Of his responsibility and the solemnity
| of his situation, he cannot fail to find
| comfort and encouragement in the success the
| fathers of the constitution wrought from their
| simple patriotic devotion to the rights and in
| terests of the people. Surely he may hope that
| if reverently invoked the spirit which gave the
| constitution life will be sufficient for its sue
| cessful operation and the accomplishment
of its beneficent purposes. Because they
| are brought nearest to events and
| scenes which marked the birth of
| American institutions, the people of Philadel-
| phia should of all our citizens, be most imbued
| with sentiments of the broadcast patriotism.
| The first Continental Congress and Constitu-
| tional Convention met here and Philadelphia
still has in her keeping Carpenters Hall, indie
| pendence Hall and its bell, and the grave of
here represented societies that express so
| largely the culture of Philadelphia, its love of
broalest knowledge and its studious care for
| historical research-Societes some of which an
tedate the constitution feel that l am
III notable company To you is
protecting for your city, for all your
| fellow-countrymep and for mankind tradi-
| tons and incidents related to the establishment
| of the freest and best government ever vouch
| leads our government further and further
| from the date of its birth, may
exists, and that these traditions and incidents
| shall never be furnished or neglected, but that
! brightly FURNISHED, they may always be held
aloft fastening the gaze of patriotic people,
| and keeping alive their love and reverence for
| the constitution.
OTHER ToAsTs.
Justice Stanley Matthews responded to
the toast of 1.-THE Federal Judiciary" Sena-
tor J. j. Ingalls, to Congress" Fitzhugh
Lee to 1.-The United States of 1872 Charles
Francis Adams to The United States of
1887 Gen. Sheridan to The Army" Ad-
miral Luce to 1.-The Navy" Sir
Lyon Playfair to England" Marquis
White to american Education" John A
Kasson to 1.-THE Centennial Commission, ~
and Henry NJ. Hoyt to Honor and Immor-
tally to the Members of the Federal Con-
vention of 1881"
THE CONSTITUTION A COMPROMISE.
LONDON. Sept l7.-The Times speaking
of the centennial celebration of the signing
of the American constitution at Phiadel-
! phia, says:
The festival celebrates no ordinary kind of
+, birthday. The United States have already won
| their way to a foremost place among the ma
| tons of the world and TO teir future develop
ment of strength and wealth no limit can be as
signed The constitution has been compro
mise throughout, and in no way more clearly or
usefully than in the reconci,ement it has effected
between national and local claims
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